Caribbean

Black People to Attack Revolutionary Governments

April 14, 2023 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Censorship and Propaganda, Counter Revolution, coup, Cuba, Latin America, Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s Troubles: A View From the Caribbean Coast Mike Phipps reviews: To Defend the Sunrise: Black Women’s Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua, by Courtney Desiree Morris, Published by Rutgers University Press by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, April 12, 2023 The question of how Black people fare in a particular country can be a legitimate issue[…]

19 Years After the Coup D’état: Statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization

March 26, 2023 UNAC Editor Collapsed States, Colonialism, Haiti, War on the Poor

by Paddy (as Editor), published on Workers World, March 24, 2023 This Feb. 28 statement from Fanmi Lavalas, a people’s party of Haiti, commemorates the February 29, 2004, coup d’état that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fanmi Lavalas honors those who fell during the coup and outlines its call for a Haitian solution to the crisis that[…]

Fidel Castro’s Legacy Lives on as Cuba Keeps Sending ‘Doctors, not Bombs’ All across the World

March 2, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Imperial Wars, Paths to Emancipation

by Daniel Kovalik, published on Resumen English, February 19, 2023 In the immediate aftermath of the recent devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Cuba dispatched medical teams to the affected areas to provide care to victims. Their departure was marked by a farewell ceremony, which featured a large photo of Fidel Castro. It was quite appropriate, for the international medical[…]

Mexico’s AMLO Announces Campaign Against US Blockade of Cuba

February 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Latin America, Mexico

by Ben Norton, published on Geopolitical Economy, February 13, 2023 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Mexico will lead an international movement to end the US government’s “inhumane” blockade against Cuba. Praising Fidel Castro as a “visionary”, AMLO denounced neoliberalism and pledged support for universal public healthcare and education. Mexico’s progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that his country[…]

Biden Launches New Campaign Against Immigrants

February 3, 2023 UNAC Editor Deportation, Haiti, Migrants and Refugees, Racism, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, The War at Home, US Borders

by Barry Sheppard, published on Socialist Action, January 19, 2023 On January 5 President Biden “announced a far-reaching crackdown on people who seek refuge at the border with Mexico, dramatically expanding restrictions on asylum in the most aggressive effort of his administration to discourage migrants from crossing into the United States,” reported the New York Times. He expanded a Trump-era[…]

Cuba’s New Family Code, a Democratic Process Leads to a Law of Love

January 22, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Democracy and Consent, LGTBQ

by Lyn Neeley, published on Workers World, January 20, 2023 Members of the 51st Venceremos Brigade were invited to an open-air meeting to learn about the passage of Cuba’s new Family Code — the most inclusive, progressive and revolutionary law in Latin America and, indeed, the world, because of who it protects. University professors and speakers from CENESEX (Centro Nacional[…]

The More Than 400 Million of Another Infamy Against Cuba

January 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Lawfare, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression

by Raúl Antonio Capote, published in Granma, January 12, 2023 After a year recognized as one of the toughest in revolutionary history, a new action has been added to the list of U.S. villainies against the Greater Antilles. After a year recognized as one of the toughest in revolutionary history, a new action has been added to the list of[…]

Threat of More U.N. Sanctions on Haiti

January 16, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Economic Collapse, France, Haiti, Indigenous peoples, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by G. Dunkel, published on Workers World, January 6, 2023 While the huge social, economic and political problems of Haiti have slipped out of the news, if anything they have intensified over the past few months. According to Helen La Lime, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of BINUH (U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti), “Close[…]

Ana Belén Montes, Exemplary Hero, Defender Of Cuba, Will be Freed

January 15, 2023 UNAC Editor Cuba, Imperial Wars, Political Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners, Resistance

by Stansfield Smith, published on Chicago Alba Solidarity, January 5, 2023 On January 8, 2023 the US has to release one of its many political prisoners, most being fighters against its repression of Third World peoples. Ana Belén Montes, heroic defender of Cuba’s sovereignty, will be freed after over 21 years in a federal military prison. She was a top[…]

Latin America and the Caribbean – Between Cooperation and Intervention

November 24, 2022 UNAC Editor Caribbean, Latin America, Regional Solutions

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Salsa, October 30, 2022 The military, economic, diplomatic and psychological war between the Russian Federation and NATO has revealed several weaknesses in the ability of the United States and its allies to maintain their dominance in the world. A remarkable fact has been that practically no government in Latin America and the Caribbean[…]